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Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: Rides.com for $120k, Text.org, Weed.in, A84.com, ZY0.com, Crowdfunding.io
Some Domains That Sold Last Week Rides.com – $120,000 – Bidding only hit $30,000 during the auction, and the $120k was negotiated afterwards. Immediately after the auction was complete but didn’t meet reserve, the seller was asking...
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Flippa Recap: Rides.com for $120k, Text.org, Weed.in, A84.com, ZY0.com, Crowdfunding.io
Some Domains That Sold Last Week Rides.com – $120,000 – Bidding only hit $30,000 during the auction, and the $120k was negotiated afterwards. Immediately after the auction was complete but didn’t meet reserve, the seller was asking...
Discussion
January 7, 2015, 12:13 am
The Domains
Donuts Beats The Owner Of Gold.Org To The New gTLD .Gold
Donuts, which we can only assume won a private auction for the new gTLD string .Gold against the World Gold Counsel (WGC) which operates Gold.Org The new gTLD .Gold was scheduled to got to an ICANN Last Resort auction later this month. Here is some i...
Discussion
Donuts Beats The Owner Of Gold.Org To The New gTLD .Gold
Donuts, which we can only assume won a private auction for the new gTLD string .Gold against the World Gold Counsel (WGC) which operates Gold.Org The new gTLD .Gold was scheduled to got to an ICANN Last Resort auction later this month. Here is some i...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 10:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICYMI: 2014 in Review
A look back at the past year in the domain name business. Over the past week I released a podcast and five posts covering five big themes in the domain name business in 2014. I know a lot of people travel or unplug over the holidays, so here’s ...
Discussion
ICYMI: 2014 in Review
A look back at the past year in the domain name business. Over the past week I released a podcast and five posts covering five big themes in the domain name business in 2014. I know a lot of people travel or unplug over the holidays, so here’s ...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 8:18 pm
The Domains
Hackers Get over $5million in Bitcoin from Europe’s Largest Exchange
Europe’s largest Bitcoin Exchange Got Hacked CNN Money reported that Bitstamp, the largest Bitcoin exchange in Europe was hacked. The take was over $5million. The exchange says that most of their reserves are held offline in secure storage syst...
Discussion
Hackers Get over $5million in Bitcoin from Europe’s Largest Exchange
Europe’s largest Bitcoin Exchange Got Hacked CNN Money reported that Bitstamp, the largest Bitcoin exchange in Europe was hacked. The take was over $5million. The exchange says that most of their reserves are held offline in secure storage syst...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 6:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to Use Sched.org to get the most out of NamesCon
Sched.org makes it easier to take advantage of NamesCon’s great keynotes and panel discussions. NamesCon starts on Sunday in Las Vegas. It’s going to be big (800+ people) and packed with content (125 speakers and panelists). With a number...
Discussion
How to Use Sched.org to get the most out of NamesCon
Sched.org makes it easier to take advantage of NamesCon’s great keynotes and panel discussions. NamesCon starts on Sunday in Las Vegas. It’s going to be big (800+ people) and packed with content (125 speakers and panelists). With a number...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 5:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name registry Afilias dumps planned IPO
Registry had planned to float in November. Domain name registry Afilias has pulled plans for an initial public offering, as reported by Domain Incite this morning. A company spokesperson told Domain Incite, “The final decision to cancel the IPO...
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Domain name registry Afilias dumps planned IPO
Registry had planned to float in November. Domain name registry Afilias has pulled plans for an initial public offering, as reported by Domain Incite this morning. A company spokesperson told Domain Incite, “The final decision to cancel the IPO...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
September’s .Com winners and losers
Moniker lost, PublicDomainRegistry gained. ICANN has published official registry reports from September (always three months in arrears), showing that Moniker dropped below one million .com domain names registered. The chart below shows the ten domai...
Discussion
September’s .Com winners and losers
Moniker lost, PublicDomainRegistry gained. ICANN has published official registry reports from September (always three months in arrears), showing that Moniker dropped below one million .com domain names registered. The chart below shows the ten domai...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 2:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Garry Chernoff sells Montrose.com for $75,000
Domain name investor starts the year with a good sale. Longtime domain name investor Garry Chernoff has started 2015 with a nice sale: Montrose.com at $75,000. The domain name now shows CSC Corporate Domains, a brand domain name registrar, as registr...
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Garry Chernoff sells Montrose.com for $75,000
Domain name investor starts the year with a good sale. Longtime domain name investor Garry Chernoff has started 2015 with a nice sale: Montrose.com at $75,000. The domain name now shows CSC Corporate Domains, a brand domain name registrar, as registr...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 2:07 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday January 6th, 2015
Going to have to keep the chit chat to a minimum. I have to head out tonight to plow snow and will work through the whole night. Here’s what I got before I had to go out. Still some good ones. Here are today’s...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday January 6th, 2015
Going to have to keep the chit chat to a minimum. I have to head out tonight to plow snow and will work through the whole night. Here’s what I got before I had to go out. Still some good ones. Here are today’s...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 11:55 am
The Domains
2014: Here is Our Thoughts On The New gTLD Program & Some Predictions for 2015
The new gTLD’s were certain the talk of the domain industry in 2014. I thought it would be a good time to take a look at where the program is in our opinion and make a few predictions for 2015. The new gTLD ‘s ended with lets call it 3,65...
Discussion
2014: Here is Our Thoughts On The New gTLD Program & Some Predictions for 2015
The new gTLD’s were certain the talk of the domain industry in 2014. I thought it would be a good time to take a look at where the program is in our opinion and make a few predictions for 2015. The new gTLD ‘s ended with lets call it 3,65...
Discussion
January 5, 2015, 8:33 pm
